Girls and their curls.

I'm thinking I love doing the girls hair curly. It is adorable. They may not like to sleep in curlers but look how cute it turns out.

Greetings from Alaska.

Grammy and Grandpa went on a trip to Alaska. While they were gone they sent us postcards; it was so fun to read what Samuel's said.

Gratitude.

In conference Thomas S. Monson mentioned gratitude in one of his talks. I have decided it would be good for my children to realize all of the things that they have to be grateful for. I know sometimes I am ungrateful. I need to be a better example to them. So we decided to make a small gratitude journal as a family. Maybe this way the children will be thinking about the things that they are grateful for through out the day so that when it is journal time they will have something good to say. So far we have only done it 2 nights. But it is something fun to add to our scripture study time. Both nights Max has said he is grateful for Heavenly Father. I'm not sure if it's just a standard primary answer but it makes me feel good inside to hear him say that. If only I could express to him how much his Heavenly Father really loves and cares for him. I also think we will add a gratitude prayer, just to tell heavenly father what we are grateful for each night. Then we can write down what we are grateful for.

One other thing that I have been feeling so much is how my children will follow my example. I have been having a difficult time getting my children to do their chores. Also it has been hard to get them to clean their rooms. At times I use Chris as an example for them. I ask them, "Does Daddy every leave his clothes on the floor?" or "Are Daddy's shoes in the living room?" They can honestly answer, "no he puts his clothes and shoes away." I want to be able to say, "look at Mommy's room isn't it peaceful and wonderful when you go in there and there isn't anything on the floor?" So I have felt like my example needs to be better for them. I have recently cleaned my room and have a desire to keep it cleaned. This way I can be a better example to my children. Also I need to let the kids see me reading my scriptures. I have felt that I should read my scriptures in the morning when I eat breakfast. Then when the kids are ready to eat in the morning I can be a good example to them. However I don't want milk spilled on my scriptures and I am sometimes scrambling in the morning to get ready for school. Maybe I should just read them in my room or the formal living room. They need me often enough that they will come find me and see me reading. I hope that there is some way I can help them understand how much I love the gospel. I hope some how they turn out to be good people who follow the Lord in righteousness.

Dinasaur Museum

One of the days on our Printy Family Reunion we went to the dinosaur Museum in Ogden. We had never gone there before. The kids loved it. Nephi liked going on the secret path. It was nice because it was something that the whole family could enjoy. My dad was sad he had to work so he missed it.

Printy Family Reunion

This September we did a much needed Printy Family Reunion. We went up to Wolf Creek and stayed in a condo. It was great to be together as a family. We had some meals together and played. One day we went to Pine View Reservoir and played. The kids had an awesome time.
Chris found us a raft from KSL.com that had only been used once. It was great to go row out on the water. Issac Matt and Sarah's son was so cute. I just loved spending time with him. As always my brothers helped out tons with my kids. They just love their uncles. Sarah and Paloma are favorites too, Ruth insisted on going out in the water with Sarah to dance. :) Samuel loved the sand it took me a while to let him down to get dirty but it was worth it. Look at that smile, he had a ball.

The computer is so fun.

I found Sammy behind the computer. He's into lots of things. He wants to be where the stuff is and where the people. he's so cute. I love that little guy.

Max and Ruth's first day of school

Here they are a month late. Max and Ruth are going to preschool 3 days a week they love it.

First day of school.

Needless to say they were super excited. Kate is in 1st grade and Audrey and Hailey are in 3rd. Max and Ruth will be starting 4year old preschool so I'll post pictures when they start. My life will be different driving them to school instead of them riding the bus. But I'm trying to get use to it. So far so good. I love those girls they make my heart sing. :)

Printy Family

Here are a few random photos from our Printy family photo shoot. When I say random I mean random. I just grabbed a few. We need to play with the photos before we will have our favorites. Chris posted on Facebook a funny one of us. He always picks the funniest one then prints it. I decided we need to make a funny wall at our house. Maybe in the basement. Just with random funny photos in frames. We all need to be able to laugh at ourselves right. :) I think one year we even sent out a funny family photo for Christmas. Good times. Good times.

Kaleb Wayne

One of my dear friends had a terrible thing happen to her family. Her son was attacked by a retired police dog, he was their pet. She was sure it was an accident, he probably thought that Kaleb was a toy, he was loosing his sight. Kaleb has been in the hospital for 2 months now and had had many surgeries. I just found out that there is a fundraiser for him, there was a news story on fox 13 yesterday updating his condition. Here is a paper on the ride. Anyone and everyone please feel free to come. It should be fun for the family. All of the proceeds go to the Waynes.

Shooting

Chris and I went on a triple date with our friends shooting. It was really fun. I had only shot a gun once and was a bit frightened. I managed to feel comfortable then have a great time trying over and over again to hit the target. Fun stuff. I love the picture of Chris with his headphones on his head, silly man. He is so handsome. Love you Chris.

Pretty Flowers

Grammy Bair was so nice she came out to my house and we went to a nursery together and got flowers she helped me put them all into pots. YEAH! I've never had flowers before it was really fun. Thanks mom. :)

Here is Kate and her teacher Mrs. Brown, after the kindergarten program.

One week left of school.

My kids have one week left of school. They are really excited. I'm excited too summer time is always fun time. However I am feeling a bit sad. I think I get myself too emotionally attached to things. I went to Kate's little Kindergarten end of school singing performance today. As I watched the children sing and dance (which was so adorable) I realized I didn't know any of her classmates names. I had not had an opportunity to help in her class like I have in Audrey and Hailey's classes in the past. When they were in kindergarten I could name every single child in both classes. I understand that I am at a different place in my life now than I was then. But it still makes me sad. Kate's teacher got emotional on the last song and explained to us that this is her last year teaching and she would miss the children terribly, that touched me. I did have fun times with Kate this year that I didn't have with the other girls. When Max and Ruth went to preschool this year each day I had an hour alone with Kate, we had nice Kate and Mommy time. One more thing to be sad about, when I got home I had received an email from Max and Ruth's preschool teacher. She is one of the teachers that is getting cut out of the budget next year. That makes me very sad since Max and Ruth were scheduled to be in her class next year for the 4 year old preschool. She has been most helpful with Max and his epilepsy. He only had one seizure the whole time in school, but she had to take care of him with a lot of odd behavior as we played with his medicine to find out what would work best. It is sad to see her go. It is sad to let go of another year.

My little Kate is done with Kindergarten all ready to be a big girl. My baby Cakes, How I wish I could snuggle that little baby one more time. But she's a big girl now. I'll just have to snuggle that little 6 year old.

My Audrey and Hailey can read and write and have been baptized. Third grade my two little babies are going to go into 3rd grade.

It has been a great year. They went to a good school and had good teachers. I'm pleased with their progress. One thing for me to let go of, but it is good for them to grow which I am so grateful for.

Camping

Last weekend we went on an adventure. My Greene cousins do a camp out every year and we got to go. We had a great time. The kids had lots of fun playing with their cousins. Here are some photos of Devils Garden in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Park.

Welcome to the world of food!

A few nights ago we were sitting at the dinner table. Samuel kept pulling on my plate and watching every bite of food go into my mouth. I just decided it was time, he'll be 6 months old this Friday. I can't believe my baby is getting so big.

Scrapbook Exchange

Here are a few layouts we did this last week for LeRoyne's exchange. Holly did the Birthday layout. It feels good to scrapbook again.